Print buying
Royal wedding uplift for printcos
It has been estimated that this weekend’s royal wedding could result in a £1bn boost to the economy – with printers among those cashing in.
Delta Group poised to install UK's first Nozomi
The Delta Group has gone big – very big – with its first order with EFI, and will begin installing the UK’s first Nozomi C18000 single-pass LED corrugated printer next month.
GD Web Offset and EWO switch up after fire
GD Web Offset and sister company EWO Media have switched to 24/7 working in order to absorb the work previously done on GD’s fire-damaged M4000, and the business has also secured fresh investment.
Paper supply squeeze in face of 'perfect storm'
A “perfect storm” of global events has resulted in long lead times for some paper grades – with mills resorting to allocation for the first time in over a decade – and printers and paper buyers have...
Trinity shareholders approve name change as revenues fall
Trinity Mirror will change its name to Reach next week after shareholders overwhelmingly backed the rebrand at the group’s Annual General Meeting, but sales at the publishing company have continued to...
End of printing era for St Ives as Clays is sold
St Ives has sold its last remaining printing site – Clays, the UK’s biggest book printer, has been sold to Italian firm Elcograf for £23.8m.
EFL to vote on football programmes
A vote on the future of matchday programmes has resulted in a heated debate on whether they remain relevant in the digital age.
F1 Colour appoints Les Pipe as director
Pre-media company F1 Colour has appointed industry stalwart Les Pipe as a director of the business.
Culture secretary could intervene on Trinity Mirror's N&S deal
Culture secretary Matt Hancock has said he may be “minded to” intervene on Trinity Mirror’s acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets over various “public interest considerations”.
Cruise to leave Sky
Mark Cruise, head of print management at Sky, is leaving the business at the end of this week as part of a reshuffle of the broadcaster's print buying and creative production operations.
De La Rue cans plans to challenge passport deal
The saga over the future production of UK passports has taken another dramatic twist - De Le Rue has abandoned plans to pursue a legal challenge against the Home Office’s controversial decision to...
Johnston Press revenue down but trading 'in line with expectations'
Johnston Press has recorded a revenue drop of 9.5% in its full-year results and warned it would need to cut costs against a “difficult backdrop” but said its adjusted EBITDA was “in line with...